Westport police: Officers arrest drug dealers, would-be suppliers

They thought they were calling a drug dealer, cops said, but it was the police on the other end of the line.

Marc Munroe Dion Herald News Staff Reporter

WESTPORT — They thought they were calling a drug dealer, cops said, but it was the police on the other end of the line.

At 10 a.m. on Friday, Westport police executed a search warrant at 5 Senechal St. to search for narcotics.

Officers located Oxycodone, in 10- and 30-milligram pills, along with Clonazepam. Officers also located approximately $1,000 in cash, a digital scale and cellphones.

The town animal control officer took control of two pit bull terriers inside while police arrested Frank Hobbs, 31, and Melissa Tavares, 33, both of the Senechal Street address. Both were charged with conspiracy to violate the drug laws, and possession with the intent to distribute both Class B and Class E drugs.

As Hobbs and Tavares were being processed, police answered an incoming call on one of the confiscated cellphones. Police said the caller explained that they wished to sell their Adderall pills and that they were on their way to the Senechal Street residence.

Officers waited at the address and were met by a man who was driven to the house by a female.

According to police, Justin Houston, 18, walked up to the house and into the arms of detectives as his mother was waiting in the car. She was identified as Lisa Donahue, 46. Both Houston and Donahue live at 150 Lowell St., Fall River. Police said the Adderall they’d come to sell was located in the car. The prescription was filled on the March 11 and was prescribed to Lisa Donahue’s daughter.

Mother and son are charged with conspiracy to violate the drug laws and possession with the intent to distribute Class E amphetamine/dextroamphetamine (Adderall).